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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people A to B

These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.

They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.

As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.

9 Feb 1856: “At Night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause Mr Charles Mason & John Appleton were there”

26 Jul 1857: “Mr & Miss Barroby went to Wm Richardsons childs christening I came home at night with John Appleton in the pony carriage They came to meet the Bulls from Salisbury which came tonight”

The Misses D & Sarah APPLETON of Dishforth
Diary references:
17 Jan 1857: “At Night....to Dishforth Ryotts children were all there & a Miss Rhodes from Thirsk & the Misses Appleton of Dishforth we had a dance”

3 Jan 1859: “...in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea Miss Calder The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there...”
24 Feb 1859: “we had Miss Appleton & Sarah Appleton & Sophy to tea”
25 Feb 1859: “tea at Uncles The Appletons & Mrs Powell were there”
They are at tea or supper with the Stubbs or Hirsts five times in April, three times in August, and have tea at Bridge Foot once in December

Whites 1840: Dishforth: Thos Appleton, yeoman

Tithe Map c1840
Thomas Appleton has in hand no316, house, and land, and tenants on most of his farmland; his house is on the west side of the main street of Dishforth, south of Mr Barroby’s
William Appleton has tenants on his 59 acres

From Graham Appleton (31 Aug 2014):

The two sisters, Annie and Sarah, went to a private school in Boroughbridge. Their school mistress was Mary Powell, who is also mentioned in the letters (I found this in the 1851 census). They were the daughters of the Thomas Appleton you found at Dishforth by his second wife. She sadly spent a lot of time in 'asylums' (most time in Bootham Hospital, York). I've looked at her medical records and she seems to have suffered from undiagnosed /untreated post-natal depression- which may have often been the case. Charles Mason and Mark Barroby, who are also in the letters, were the executors of her husband Thomas' will, and then became trustees of her estate while she was in the hospitals.

The John Appleton who is in the letters was from a different branch of the family living in Dishforth. He was a groom- I noticed that the entries with which he's involved are both of a horsey nature! He was the father of the Thomas Appleton who gave his name to the Thomas Appleton's butchers in Ripon market place. Curiously, the young Thomas started his working life as a groom in the household of the above family in Dishforth (the family of Annie, Sarah and their mother-in the 1861 Dishforth census).

Finally, the 'Mrs Appleton of Langthorpe' in the letters is from another branch of the family who were also from Dishforth. All these branches were related and came from Dishforth.

Mrs APPLETON of LANGTHORPE
Diary references:
25 Jan 1856: “At Noon went with a note for Mrs Appleton of Langthorp from Uncle Hirst”

Mr ATKINSON decd

Diary references:
30 Aug 1859: “Went to the Fulford Road Cemetery [York] for a cert.e of Mr Atkinsons burial”Rev Thomas ATKINSON vicar of GT OUSEBURN
Diary references:
6 Apr 1856: (at church) “Had Mr Atkinson at BB in the morng & Aldbro in the afternoon”
15 May 1856: “walked to Ouseburn Joe was there he had taken Aunt Bell to stay at Atkinsons”
31 Jul 1858: “Sd Aunt Bell Fanny Stubbs & I drove Mrs Morrells phaeton to Uncle Picks met the Howes Chas & Alice Atkinson & Tom Johnson there had a game of ball in the field..”

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mr Steward gave up Gt Ouseburn living. He got clear out July 9, and the Rev Thos ATKINSON from Copmanthorpe succeeded him in the living 1846
The Revd Thomas Atkinson read himself in at Gt Ouseburn on Sunday Sep 13 He came to live at Ouseburn in Mr Henlock’s house, & Mr Henlock removed into this house this side of the church about Oct 9th or 10th 1846
The Rev Thos Atkinson preached his farewell sermon at Gt Ouseburn church Sunday night Nov 15th he had been 22 years he has got the living at Kirby Sigston & left Ouseburn Nov 19th they had a sale Nov 24th Mr Schofield is going to succeed him at Ouseburn 1868

The Barrobys were related to the Stubbs, and both were related to the Morleys. Thomas’s mother Jane Morley was the daughter of William Morley and Elizabeth Barroby of Dishforth. Elizabeth’s brother Mark Barroby had several children, all of whom were friends of Thomas and Mary. Mark Barroby of Dishforth is mentioned very often: unmarried himself, but obviously very family-minded, he was very hospitable to the younger generation. His older brother Francis had died in 1837 and presumably Mark had inherited the family lands in Dishforth from him. Mark was a yeoman farmer and lived with his sister Elizabeth at the north end of Dishforth main street, where he had his house, yard and gardens, garth and willow garth. Twice John mentions him sending his bulls to shows in Salisbury and Chelmsford, and John’s parents’ cow was bulled by Mr Barroby’s Bull. He paid for the building of a new school in Dishforth in the mid C19, and according to Whelan’s directory of 1859 “in the pleasure grounds attached to the residence of Mr Barroby, are some antiquities, viz. a Saxon cross, a stone battle axe, &c”. He died unexpectedly: “Poor Mr Barroby dropped down dead in his bedroom today” on 2 Dec 1858. Christopher Barroby lived at Baldersby with his family, and there were two married daughters, Ann Richardson and Mary Richardson.

Diary references:
many visits to Dishforth from
22 Jan 1853: “Rode back from Dishforth with Cousin Mark....” to
2 Dec 1858: “Poor Mr Barroby dropped down dead in his bedroom today”

7 Feb 1856: “Mr Barroby came he invited me to go & spend Sunday with him which I accepted”
9 Feb 1856: “At night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause”
12 Feb 1856: “Rode over to Dishforth to fetch a letter from Cousin Mark which he had recd about the jury at Malton”
14 Feb 1856: “Uncle & Mr C being at Malton Mr Barroby’s horse trial being heard today...”
15 Feb 1856: “Mr Barroby lost owing to a stupid Jury £30 verdict”
written above 7 Apr 1856: “Our Cow was bulled by Mr Barroby’s Bull to night (Monday)”
29 May 1856: “went to Mr Barrobys I had 2 glasses of Sherry I did not go into the Dining room as they had company”
20 Jul 1856: “In the afternoon Cousin Mark & I went to Thirsk......Mr Barroby’s bull came home from Chelmsford having been to the show & got the 2nd prize”

20 Jul 1857: “Mr Barroby started 3 bulls for Salisbury Show”
26 Jul 1857: “Mr & Miss Barroby went to Wm Richardsons childs christening I came home at night with John Appleton in the pony carriage They came to meet the Bulls from Salisbury which came tonight”

2 Dec 1858: “Poor Mr Barroby dropped down dead in his bedroom today”

Pigots 1834
Whites 1840:“Mark Barroby, yeoman”

Post Office 1857: “Dishforth: The present new school was built upon the site of an old one, by the liberality of Mark Barroby, Esq, of this village”

Tithe Map c1840:
has in hand 132a 2r 27p, and houses & gardens let to tenants
his house, yard & gardens, garth and willow garth are at the north end of the Dishforth main street

Whellan: York & the North Riding Vol II 1859
“Dishforth Township ... The present new school was built on the site of an old one, by the liberality of Mark Barroby, Esq, of this place. In the pleasure grounds attached to the residence of Mr Barroby, are some antiquities, viz. a Saxon cross, a stone battle axe, &c”

Miss BARROBY of DISHFORTH

Diary references:
26 Jul 1857: “Mr & Miss Barroby went to Wm Richardsons childs christening I came home at night with John Appleton in the pony carriage They came to meet the Bulls from Salisbury which came tonight”

Thomas Stubbs of Ripley (1735-1805)’s sister Sarah married Roger Buttery in 1764
His daughter Sarah (1771-1817) married Thomas Buttery in 1801
His wife Elizabeth’s sister Ann Walls married John Buttery of Brafferton

The Butterys and the Stubbs were related by the marriage of Thomas Stubbs of Ripley’s sister Sarah to Roger Buttery in 1764, their daughter Sarah’s marriage to Thomas Buttery in 1801 and his wife’s sister’s marriage to John Buttery. Mr and Mrs Roger Buttery of Helperby were particular friends in the 1850s, going on holiday to the Lakes and to Redcar with the Stubbs and the Hirsts. Mrs Roger Buttery and Sophy Hirst went together to hear Jenny Lind sing, and John, his cousins and sisters often stayed at the Butterys’. It seems likely that Richard Hirst lived at the Butterys’ to learn farming. Thomas Buttery lived at Brafferton: “called at Thos Buttery’s he was in a very wild state” wrote John on 16 Jun 1856. Thomas, Roger and William Buttery are listed as farmers and yeomen in the directories, and in 1840 Thomas Buttery junior is described as a maltster. In the 1881 Census William Buttery aged 68, unmarried and a retired farmer, is to be found living at Dunriel in Helperby with his sister in law the widowed Mrs Ann Buttery, aged 76 and born in Kirby Hill; she is presumably Mrs Roger Buttery.
Diary references: eg
30 Jul 1856: “Uncle Hirst Dora & Mrs Charles set off with Mr & Mrs Roger Buttery to the Lakes they drove”
25 Sep 1856: “...Aunt Redmayne...had walked on [from Pillsmoor] to Helperby Mr & Mrs Roger Buttery drove her home”
12 Apr 1856: “...went to Mrs Buttery’s had a glass of ale we then went to Mrs Rogers & had supper...”
16 Feb 1856: “went with Mrs Roger Buttery & Sophy to the Station”
15 Mar 1856: “went forward to Mrs Roger Butterys of Helperby & in so doing lost my way”
27 Mar 1856: “Mrs Roger Buttery dined with us”
9 Apr 1856: “Joe drove Mrs Roger Buttery & Sophy Hirst to York to hear Jenny Lind”
9 May 1856: “met Joe who had been at R Butterys to shoot their rooks”
16 Jun 1857: “had supper at Mrs Roger’s & walked home”
9 Jul 1857: “supped at Mrs R Buttery’s”
21 Aug 1857: “walked to Helperby called at Mrs Rogers”
3 Sep 1858: “I...Joe & Capes...to Helperby to the anti Felony association Supped at Mr Roger Butterys...”
15 Sep 1858: “...went by train to Roger Butterys supped there & stayed all night”
29 Sep 1858: “...Rd Hirst came with a note which Mr Roger Buttery had brought from Redcar
to say Dora Sophy & Rd were to go by the 6 train to Redcar as Mrs Hirst was very ill...”
stays at, has tea or dinner at Roger Buttery’s five times in 1859
18 Sep 1859: “in the afternoon I walked to Helperby to take a letter from Bridlington to Mrs Roger Sophy Hirst was there”

16 Mar 1856: “went to Brafferton church...called at Thos Buttery”
16 Jun 1856: “went to Helperby...called at Thos Buttery’s he was in a very wild state”

Diary references:
3 Aug 1859: “In the afternoon Tom & I went with Baldrey to ferret at the Mill he got 9 before we went and six after we went”

and ferreting with Baldrey on six occasions in September, and once in Dec 1860

The BASHALL family of/in/near SETTLE

Diary references:
4 Aug 1859: “At night went down in the carriage to the Bashals to tea Jack Ingleby Mrs & Miss Wood & ourselves were there got home about 12”
8 Aug 1859: “Hy & I then walked to call on the Bashalls Miss Margt & Miss Alice were there”